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The debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden that would take place on October 15 in Miami, Florida, was officially canceled by the organizing committee of the presidential debates this Friday (9). The 22nd meeting was held.
Cancellation occurs after Trump refuses to participate in a virtual debate, as suggested by the commission, after being infected by the coronavirus. He called the idea “ridiculous” and proposed to postpone the two clashes for a week, moving them to October 22 and 29, which was rejected by the Biden campaign and the organizers.
On Thursday, broadcaster ABC announced that it will hold an event with just the Democratic nominee on Oct. 15 at a studio in Philadelphia. Mediated by journalist George Stephanopoulos, Biden will answer questions from voters present at the scene.
The president said he only learned of the decision to organize a virtual debate on Thursday, minutes before his telephone participation in a Fox News TV program. He accused the committee organizing the debate of trying to protect Biden.
The president was hospitalized on October 3 and returned to the White House on Monday. The day of his return said he was looking forward to a second debate with Biden. On Thursday, Trump said he felt “ready to campaign again,” even without healing himself.
Debate broadcast in 1960
This would not be the first time that a debate on presidential candidates had been organized in the United States without the debaters being in the same place.
In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held a television meeting (one was in a studio in New York City, the other in Los Angeles).
